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Chippewa County Education: 7,629 white students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 7,629 white students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Chippewa County schools welcomed 8,323 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 91.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 27 schools in Chippewa County, Chippewa Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,320 students.

According to the Nation’s Report Card 2022 results, Black fourth-graders in Wisconsin scored an average of 40 points lower than their white colleagues in both math and reading.

Data also showed that Black students were three times as likely to fail the reading test than white pupils in the state. The gap is even larger in mathematics, with Black students failing five times more than white students.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%. Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Ethnicities in Chippewa County in 2023-24 School Year
White [91.7%]Ethnicities <5% [8.3%]
Enrollment in Chippewa County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of white students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bloomer Elementary School96.5%514
Bloomer High School96.5%398
Bloomer Middle School95.7%326
Boyd Elementary School95.6%68
Cadott Elementary School95.7%439
Cadott High School96%252
Cadott Junior High School96.3%107
Chippewa Falls High School91%1,451
Chippewa Falls Middle School88.9%1,037
Cornell Elementary School95.6%205
Cornell High School92.3%104
Cornell Middle School95.8%72
Halmstad Elementary School79%372
Hillcrest Elementary School92%348
Holcombe Elementary School97.6%125
Holcombe High School97.6%82
Jim Falls Elementary School97.4%117
Korger-Chestnut89%319
Parkview Elementary School84.4%359
Southview Elementary School86.5%296
Stanley Elementary School92.5%426
Stanley-Boyd High School92.2%320
Stanley-Boyd Middle School92%251
Stillson Elementary School92.8%335

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